Well, he better be prepared to become some sort of leader if he gets paid top dollar. The leaders are usually the guys who make the most on each team.

Which will just be another recipe for disaster, assuming this article has it right. Give the guy his money and tell him all he's expected to bust his ass every play in games and practices. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'm less concerned with him becoming a Patriot thanks to this article. If the FO/coaching staff can accept that the guy doesn't want to be a leader, captain or off-field hero, and they can deploy him in a way that gets solid effort regularly, I'm on board with Peppers to NE.

It will be interesting to see what Peppers does now. He was paid massive money @ $1 Million per game [insert Dr. Evil here] and was offered the largest ever contract for a defensive player by Carolina but refused. So he doesn't seem to be interested in only money. No that he'll sign for weak money but it may not be a highest bidder game.

As a Philly fan, I'm both worried and elated at the prospect of Peppers being signed by Philadelphia.

He's either:

a.) going to come here and completely go into beast mode, destroying the offensive lines of the NFC East along with Trent Cole, and possibly take the team to a Super Bowl

or

b.) lay completely down after getting a fat contract, and generate like 0.5 sacks and 24 tackles next year, and greatly set the team back and piss off the fanbase like no other player in the history of the team

But if they sign Peppers, they need to forget about playing the 3-4. A 4-3 front of Orakpo/Carter - Griffin - Haynesworth - Peppers would be insane.

Based on what Shanahan said this past week the defense will be a 3-4 / 4-3 hybrid similar to the Ravens which means Orakpo/Peppers would play in an olb role as well as take snaps with their hand on the ground. Im not going to pretend that I wouldnt love Peppers. Anyone out there that says they wouldnt want to pay him bank in an uncapped year is lying.